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District explores baseball/softball complex and approves parking, scoreboard projects at Ottumwa High
Summary
District leaders discussed a potential baseball/softball complex on city land and won city cooperation; the board approved an OHS Fourth Street gravel parking excavation project and awarded a new video scoreboard for Schaeffer Stadium.
Board members received an informational briefing and approved several athletic campus projects Tuesday, including parking work near Ottumwa High School and a new video scoreboard for Schaeffer Stadium, while district staff described early‑stage talks with the city about a possible consolidated baseball/softball complex.
Facilities staff said preliminary discussions with city officials indicate a willingness to transfer or lease portions of the land around the existing Legion and Babe Ruth fields to the district. The district is considering siting a varsity softball field near the current baseball complex, adding at least one additional field for middle‑school…
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